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... Mr P Backshall Percy Backshall, gardener to the rich and famous before the Second World War and later a long-serving employee of British Rail, has died, aged 88. Mr Backshall, formerly of Coldharbour Road, died at Oakcroft House Nursing Home, Oakcroft ...
... Join our reunion DURING the second world war, corvettes played a major part in the protection of the vital convoys and in the campaign against the U boats. About 140 of these fine ships were built, each named after a flower. In 1981, the Flower Class ...
... WEEK ENDING FRIDAY MARCH 3rd 1995 THE STAINES INFORMER 25 NEWS War memorial section Labels recall Second World War in village hall contest A SPECIAL section for best kept war memorial is to be included in Surrey Voluntary Service’s annual Best Kept Village ...
... MORE than half a century since the end of the Second World War, former marine Patrick Whitty has just received the last of his service medals. Having survived most of the major campaigns unscathed. including the D-Day landings and Salerno. Mr Whitty. ...
... WEEK ENDING FRIDAY MAY 27th 1988 THE STAINES INFORMER 3 RED TAPE HITS WAR VETERAN SECOND World War veteran William Waldron has missed out on a trip to Russia because of red tape His fighting comrades crossed from west to east to celebrate the Soviet Victory ...
... HERALD NEWS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22.1967 BILL and Louise Gafford are cruising Koarated during the Second World War h app il y a l ong t h e roa d of marr iage when Mr Gatford was a Detest Rat and later served in tidy and France. During that time, a caravan ...
... With senior staff called up to He recalls that The Astoria was working for many years for Technilight in the Second World War, he almost built on the site of what is color near Heathrow and then in the lOund himself at the age of lb, now Ashford library ...
... Staines have been replaced by up-to-date lighting. The lamps, in unadopted Riverfield Road, dated from well before the Second World War. ...
... 9 IN BRIEF County at war SURREY history centre in Woking is staging an exhibition about the role of the county in the Second World War. Admission to the centre, at 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, is free. The exhibition will run until October 28. For more ...
... WEEKEND TONIGHT; WEATHER 5.15 THE VISITOR New sci-ti drama series about an Amencan airman abducted by aliens during the Second WOrld War and returned to Earth in 1997 - not a single day older. John Corbett stars. 6.00 CATCHPHRASE 6.30 BLIND DATE CLASSICS ...
... Old soldier remembers OLD soldier Eric Butterfield was among Second World War veterans who returned to Holland to remember fallen friends and comrades oh the 55th anniversary of service the epic battle of Arnhem. The occasion was probably the last official ...
... much. She moved to Walton in 1923 and ran a practice in High Street before moving to Ashley Drive in 1938. During the second world war, she again worked at the London Hospital. Walton has changed greedy since the days when she charged 3s 6d (l7fp) for ...